The Nest Thermostat lets yous suit your dwelling house's temperature correct from your smartphone, simply if you don't desire other people to mess around with it, here's how to lock your Nest Thermostat with a passcode.

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Just like with your smartphone, you well-nigh likely want a passcode enabled then that other people tin't become access to your apps and other data. Granted, it's not the apps and personal information that other users would want access to on the Nest, but if someone else were to crank the heat or the ac without you knowing, that can price more money in utilities than what you might take planned.

Luckily, information technology'southward really easy to put a passcode on the Nest Thermostat and preclude unauthorized users from changing the temperature and messing effectually with other settings.

Add a Pin From the Nest Thermostat

To fix a passcode correct from the Nest Thermostat itself, start by pushing on the unit to bring upwards the dwelling screen master menu and select "Settings".

Roll to the right and select "Lock".

Select "Lock" when information technology asks y'all if you want to lock your thermostat.

Enter in a four-digit Pin by spinning the wheel and then pushing on the unit of measurement to go to the side by side digit.

Enter the Pin in once again.

Side by side, adjust the minimum temperature that y'all'll allow other people to alter it to without needing to enter in the Pin.

Y'all'll also set a maximum temperature. You tin can make this a range, or use the same number for minimum and maximum temperature to preclude any aligning at all.

Select "Done".

Your Nest Thermostat is at present locked, and you'll also see a small padlock icon at the bottom, indicating that the unit is passcode-protected.

If someone else wants to adjust the temperature past the minimum or the maximum, or even go access to the abode screen main carte du jour, they'll need to enter in the passcode in society to do that.

Add a Pin From Your Smartphone

You tin also lock your Nest Thermostat right from your smartphone through the Nest app.

Open up up the app and select your Nest Thermostat on the dwelling page.

Tap on the settings gear icon in the height-right corner of the screen.

Select "Lock".

Type in a four-digit Pin.

Enter the Pin in again.

Using the two slider knobs, adjust the minimum and maximum temperatures. Unfortunately, in the app the minimum range is four degrees, so you can't make them the same number and completely prevent someone from adjusting the temperature like you can on the Nest itself.

In one case you lot ready a range, tap on "Lock" at the bottom.

Your Nest Thermostat will now be locked, and the app will now show a blue "Unlock" button in the settings menu. Selecting that will unlock the thermostat and remove the passcode protection.

While y'all volition have to enter in the passcode if you want to change annihilation on the thermostat itself, yous won't need to exercise this in the Nest app, and information technology will exist similar the thermostat isn't fifty-fifty locked, which is a nice convenience.